Oil spill occurs in Tiksi Bay in Yakutia
12:30, 29 August 2009
MOSCOW. August 29. KAZINFORM There is an oil spill in the Tiksi Bay in Yakutia, a source at the Federal Environmental Supervisory Service reported on Friday with the reference to the service's Yakutia department, Kazinform refers to Itar-Tass.
He said the accident occurred at about 6:00 a.m. local time on August 23 as crude was being pumped into storage tanks of the Sakha public utility managing company.
The amount of the spill is yet unknown. The bay is being cleaned in order to prevent pollution of high seas, Kazinform cites Itar-Tass. See www.itar-tass.com for full version.